A new research brief released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences documents states’ capacity to support school turnaround as of spring 2012 and spring 2013. The brief, the result of a collaboration between experts at AIR and Mathematica Policy Research, found that at least three-quarters of ...
The U.S. Department of Education commissioned AIR to evaluate the Title III program to determine how, and how well, states are implementing Title III provisions, how state policy translates into district practices, and how well ELLs are mastering grade level content and improving their English language proficiency. ...
Did Congress make the right fixes to the rules governing funding for teaching and learning in ESSA? Kind of, according to AIR expert Jane Coggshall, in this blog post.
The National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI), operated by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), announced the release of an Instruction Tools Chart that assists educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select instructional programs that best meet their individual needs. ...
Big data has entered the field of education increasingly over the last decade. The most important factor for this increase is the introduction of online/digital learning and assessment environments. AIR is working with NCES to maximize the potential of this data to deepen our understanding of student behavior and assessment ...
Findings by experts for the American Institutes for Research is serving as the basis for information being used by leaders and the public in New York as they address the issue of adequate state funding for public school children.
The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) advanced learning opportunities for individuals with disabilities by fostering technology innovation by helping researchers, product developers, manufacturers, and publishers create and commercialize products of value to students with special needs. ...
Special education experts from AIR will discuss evidence-based intensive interventions for students during presentations at this year's Council for Exceptional Children annual convention, which is taking place April 3 – 6 in San Antonio, Texas.
Despite the promise and potential of cash transfers to empower women, the evidence supporting this outcome is mixed. This paper based on an evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme, a transfer given to mothers or primary caregivers of young children aged 0 to 5, shows there is ...
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